Pamela Davis Heilman ’75 - Jaeckle Award 2015
Pamela Davis Heilman ’75 was recognized with the 38th Edwin F. Jaeckle Award, the highest award the UB School of Law and the Law Alumni Association can bestow. A member of the Dean’s Advisory Council, she has worked to enhance the reputation of the law school and is a major donor.
About this Interview
Date
Jan. 30, 2015
Occasion
Edwin F. Jaeckle Award presentation at the annual New York City Alumni Luncheon
Place
Union League Club, New York City
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About Pamela Davis Heilman
Pamela Davis Heilman has been a longtime leader in cross-border business practice with Hodgson Russ, where she is currently of counsel, Ms. Heilman has played a leading role in the firm’s Canada/U.S. practice, counseling Canadian businesses and organizations considering expansion into the United States. She has also worked to promote the advancement of women in international business, among other roles serving as a director of the International Alliance for Women, an umbrella organization of 39 organizations working to foster the economic empowerment of women.
In Western New York, Ms. Heilman has been board chair of United Way of Buffalo and Erie County. She has also held leadership roles in the Vassar College Club of Western New York, the Kaleida Health Foundation, D’Youville College and its Center for Women in Management, Community Music School and the Housing Assistance Center of the Niagara Frontier.
At the law school, she has served on the Dean’s Advisory Council since 2004 and serves on the steering committee for the school’s ambitious capital campaign. Previously, she chaired the school’s Annual Fund campaign. She and her husband, Robert Heilman, a business consultant and 1975 graduate of UB’s MBA program, recently made a major gift to the law school in support of admissions scholarships for talented potential students.
Her involvement also extends to membership in the UB Council, a group of leaders appointed by the governor to counsel the university president.
Speakers
Master of Ceremonies: Thomas E. Black Jr., Dean’s Advisory Council chair.
Remarks offered by Hon. Lenora B. Foote-Beavers, Law Alumni Association president; James A. Gardner, SUNY Distinguished Professor and UB School of Law interim dean; Satish K. Tripathi, UB president.
Presentation of the award by Dean Gardner. Pamela Davis Heilman offers acceptance remarks.
About the Jaeckle Award
The Jaeckle Award is given annually to a person who exemplifies the highest ideals of UB School of Law and the Law Alumni Association and has made significant contributions to the school and the legal profession. It is named for Edwin F. Jaeckle ’15, a founding partner of the Buffalo law firm Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, and a major benefactor of the school.
